New York and London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1943. First edition, seventh impression. Large 8vo. xii, 1019, (1) pp. Contemporary prize binding from No. 1 Radio School, Royal Air Force, Cranwell, tan full calf, spine with raised bands, twin gilt lettered red labels, the college name and crest in gilt..... More

London: William Collins, 1951. Limited edition, no. 146 of 250 copies on hand-made paper, signed by the three contributors, folio, viii, 20 pp. 12 coloured and 21 black and white plates with tissues plus 2 facsimile pages and a portrait, a few light marginal spots. Original half morocco, cloth slipcase..... More

Singapore Botanic Gardens, 2009. First edition, 4to, x, 260 pp. Pictorial boards, d.w. with some very minor marks and bumps, near fine. More

London: Longmans & Co. and Edward Stanford, 1875. First edition. Large 8vo. xiv, 503, (1) pp. Publisher's blindstamped grey cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and with the gilt crest of the Geological Survey of England to the upper cover, contemporary ownership inscription of the Rev. Robert Johnson of Hornchurch..... More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1936. Second (first illustrated) edition. 8vo. (vi), 239, (3) pp. Publisher's green cloth, black lettered to the spine, dust jacket illustrated to the upper panel and with a contemporary circular Christmas greetings label to the spine (presumably obscuring the price), early ownership inscription to the head of..... More

[N.p]:, October, 1929 and January, 1930, Offprint (from The Ibis, editions above). 8vo. 577-608; 1-48 pp. Later brown buckram, gilt lettered to the upper board, the bookplate of Eastbourne College to the front pastedown with a presentation inscription from the author to a former headmaster, the noted ornithologist E.C. Arnold..... More

München: Bayerische Motoren Worke AG, [c.1972]. First edition, 4to. Well illustrated, with loosely inserted a plastic sheet of car shape stencils and a four sheet plastic booklet of engine schematics, page of BMW stickers bound in. Original silver paperback covers, extremities a little bumped. More

Ceylon: The Director, Colombo; London: Dulau & Co. Ltd., 1931. Second edition. 8vo. xxxiv, 494 pp. Publisher's green cloth, black lettered to the spine and upper board, some neat contemporary underlining and marginalia. Folding map of the island. Rebacked preserving much of the original spine, some discolouration and marking to..... More

London: Macmillan and Co., 1895. Second edition, reprint, 8vo, xx, 563, (1) pp. Three maps, one coloured, plus 23 further maps, diagrams and illustrations in the text, marbled endpapers and edges. Contemporary red calf, gilt spine with a green label, slightly sunned, gilt arms of the City of London School..... More

Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell, 1955. First edition, one of 1,500 copies, 2 volumes, large 8vo. 55 plates. Original buckram, one hinge with slight cracking, near fine. More

London: John C. Nimmo, 1889. 8vo, (xvi), 445, (1) pp. Engraved illustrations. Original gilt titled cloth, spine slightly sunned. Coigney 143. More

London: Collins, 1986. 8vo. 223, (1) pp. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket. 8 pages of colour photographs plus black and white illustrations in the text. A bright sharp copy. New Naturalist series no. 72. The Book Club issue with no price to the upper flap..... More

London: Cassell and Company, (1931). First edition, 4to, xvi, 895, (1) pp. 339 illustrations. Gilt titled buckram, d.w. with some tears to the edges and a little loss to the top corner of the lower wrapper. More